Chapter 34-Baby Switch
Sam turned the half-heart necklace over in her hands as Andre examined her, barely paying attention to what he and Alexis were saying.
"Sam?" Alexis brought her out of her trance.
"You're good to go," Andre said. "I wouldn't do anything too strenuous for 24 hours though."
Sam nodded. "Thank you."
"Call me if you experience any dizziness or nausea. But the procedure seems to have worked." Andre walked out just as Julian walked in.
"How are you feeling?" Julian asked.
"I'm fine," Sam said. "Did you talk to Spinelli?"
He nodded. "He was going to call you anyway. He wants to tell you in person."
Sam breathed in deeply. "Okay. I want to go right away."
"We'll take you."
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"Fairest Samantha," Spinelli said as Sam, Julian, and Alexis walked in. "How was the procedure?"
"It worked," Sam said. "Dad said you needed to see me?"
Curtis leaned against his desk. "We wanted to wait until we knew for sure. But we ran secret DNA tests and everything."
Sam swallowed hard and looked at her mother.
"It seems that two 21-year-old women were born in Port Charles on November 8th. A third infant girl was born in Llanview, Pennsylvania on August 25th of that same year. One of the children born in Port Charles was Nelle Benson. However, all the records, her birth certificate, and a DNA shows that her biological parents are Alessandro Marchesi and Nina Reeves."
Sam let out a huge sigh of relief. "So, Nelle isn't my daughter. Thank goodness."
"So, Silas wasn't the father of Nina's baby?" Alexis asked.
He shook his head. "Nina and Alessandro had a series of affairs while he was engaged to his now wife Dior."
"Alessandro doctored the papers Nelle gave you," Spinelli added.
"We are unsure if Nelle knows any of this or if she's just working with the Marchesis regardless."
"Well, it explains her craziness," Julian said. "She inherited it."
"She was given to the Benson family in Pensacola, Florida," Curtis added. "The second child in question, was born in Llanview, Pennsylvania to Douglas and Lorraine Miller."
Sam scrunched her face. "Lorraine was Harmony, right?"
"Yes," Curtis said. "She changed her name later when she joined up with Shiloh in Dawn of Day. But years ago, she and her husband had a baby girl. She mysteriously disappeared from their home and Lorraine had a nervous breakdown. We traced the child and she was abducted by Amanda Gilmore, and she named the baby Sasha."
Sam's eyes grew wide. "Sasha is Harmony's daughter? I guess that explains why they connected so quickly."
"That could be," Curtis said. "So, Lorraine had a nervous breakdown after her baby went missing and she met Mitch Lawrence. He was a well-known cult leader in Llanview in the 80s and had met Helena Cassadine in his travels. He helped Lorraine back on her feet and was planning to revive the Lawrence Mission. He promised her freedom from her pain and another child. So, Helena provided that child."
"My child…" Sam's heart sped up.
Alexis gasped. "Are you saying—?"
"Willow is my daughter…" Sam choked up a bit.
Curtis nodded. "Helena and Faison took your baby and handed her over to Mitch Lawrence, who in turn gave her to Douglas and Lorraine Miller. They called her Kali, but she changed her name to Willow Tait after leaving Dawn of Day. And the DNA results show that Jax is indeed the father."
"Sam, this is wonderful." Alexis smiled and wrapped an arm around her. "Willow is a lovely person. And that means she helped save Kristina twice."
Spinelli lifted a file folder from his desk. "Everything is in here."
Sam took it with shaky hands and skimmed through it.
"This will help with keeping the kids from Nelle too, right?" Julian asked Alexis.
Alexis nodded. "It definitely will."
Sam swallowed hard. "I'll give you these papers later, Mom. But I need to show Willow first. I need to go tell her."
"Would you like me to tell her with you?" Alexis offered.
Sam shook her head. "Thank you. But this is something I need to do on my own. Can you drive me home though?"
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Sam could hear her own heartbeat and she rubbed her sweaty palms against her thighs as she walked up to the condo. She took a deep breath and walked in.
Lucas was still in his pajamas, stubble on his cheeks, and his hair flew in every direction. He sat on the couch eating potato chips.
Sam's heart ached for her brother. She knew what it was like to lose a child. But right now, she had to focus on Willow. "Hey… are the kids upstairs?"
He shook his head. "Drew took them to Kelly's."
She smiled a little. "That's good."
"How did the procedure go?"
"Good. It worked. I remember everything now. Helena has been messing with me my entire life. She even came to see me and my adoptive father several times growing up."
His eyes grew wide. "Really? What did Lex say?"
"She doesn't know yet. I should probably tell her. Where's Willow?"
"When she came home, she was visibly upset. She started looking through a V-town brochure. I tried talking her out of it, but she went to the V-town service."
Sam felt the colour drain from her cheeks. "You're sure?"
He nodded. "She just wanted to feel close to her mom again."
Sam rummaged through her purse and found her keys.
"Where are you going?" Lucas asked.
"To the V-town service."
Lucas scrunched his face. "What? Are you sure the mind-mapping procedure worked?"
"Yes."
"I thought you were going to stay away from it and would only try to stop it if they go after your kids."
"Well, they are going after one of my kids and I can't let them!"
She hurried out the door.